Stories of Hope and Spirit

by Dan Keding

Book Overview

Winner of Anne Izard Storyteller's Choice Award & Storytelling World Award Throughout history, Eastern Europe has been a battlefield, a crossroads, a place of conflict, and a place of resolution. The folk stories in this collection reflect the region's diversity. Each presents a challenge and models the strength, wit, hope, and courage necessary to overcome them. They include: "The Three Brothers and the Pot of Gold" from Moldavia when the brothers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947301721
• ISBN13: 9781947301726
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: August House Publishers
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9

Customer Reviews

A wonderfully presented anthology of thirteen folktales

Compiled and edited by musician, storyteller, and recording artist Dan Keding, Stories Of Hope And Spirit: Folktales From Eastern Europe is a wonderfully presented and enthusiastically recommended anthology of thirteen folktales drawn from the countries and cultures of eastern Europe. The include: The Best Wish (Croatia); The Most Precious Gift (Turkey/Croatia); The First Story (Republic of Georgia); The King's Ears (Serbia); Strawberries in Winter (Slovakia); The Prince Who Married a Frog (Croatia); The Three Brothers and the Pot of Gold (Moldavia); One Man's Trouble (Latvia); The Enhanced Princess (Russia); The Old Traveler (Estonia); How the Rich Man Learned a Lesson (Chechnia); and Nail Soup (Croatia). In addition to an informative Introduction, Stories Of Hope And Spirit is also enhanced with the inclusion of "Telling the Stories" and a bibliography.

Lovely

What a great collection. My kids love it. The stories are so rich and vivid.